ICE Lacked Body Cameras in 2 Fatal Shootings as DHS Misses 5-Month National Rollout
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Updated · CNN · Jul 14
ICE Lacked Body Cameras in 2 Fatal Shootings as DHS Misses 5-Month National Rollout
3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jul 14
Summary
ICE agents who fatally shot men in Houston and Maine last week were not wearing body cameras, even though DHS had promised a rapid nationwide deployment after two earlier fatal shootings in January.
More than five months after that pledge, DHS says cameras have reached more than half of field offices and the rest should receive them within 60 days; Tom Homan blamed an earlier partial government shutdown for the delay.
The gap has intensified scrutiny because neither victim was the intended target of the operations, leaving investigators and the public reliant on DHS accounts rather than officer video in two disputed shootings.
Congress provided $20 million in fiscal 2026 for more than 5,000 cameras, but federal adoption has lagged local police for years and Trump rescinded a 2022 Biden order mandating body cameras for federal law enforcement.